Welcome to the Anesthesia Quality Institute

Welcome to the Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) website, home of the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR).  Participation in the AQI is open to every anesthesiology practice in the United States.  The registry has experienced tremendous growth in the last year and we invite you to be part of our future growth by becoming an AQI Member.  AQI will be of value to practicing anesthesiologists for personal benchmarking, quality reporting, hospital credentialing, maintenance of licensure, maintenance of certification and clinical research.

We know more than we did two years ago about the size, shape and scope of our clinical practice.  We know that we are safe, and that we are busy, but we don’t know if we are appreciated.  Without measurement it is unlikely that we will continue to improve.  The AQI exists to create the measuring tape for our specialty, and to hold it up so that every anesthesia group and every practitioner can assess their own work and address their own areas of weakness.  This is our path to better patient outcomes and more efficient perioperative care.

If your group is not already participating, please browse the site today.  The goal is nothing less than a complete picture of anesthesia practice in the United States, giving anesthesiologists the tools to remain the leaders in patient safety throughout the twenty-first century.

Sincerely,

Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A.
Executive Director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute